Visual prosthetics as a multidisciplinary challenge -- The human visual system - an engineering perspective -- Vision's first steps: anatomy, physiology, and perception in the retina, lateral geniculate nucleus, and early visual cortical areas -- Retinal remodeling and visual prosthetics -- Cortical plasticity and reorganization in severe vision loss -- Visual perceptual effects of long-standing vision loss -- Structures, materials, and processes at the electrode-to-tissue interface -- Delivery of information and power to the implant, integration of the electrode array with the retina, and safety of chronic stimulation -- Retinal cell excitation modeling -- Neurotransmitter stimulation for retinal prosthesis -The Artificial Synapse Chip -- Synthetic Chromophores and Neural Stimulation of the Visual System -- Biophysics/Engineering of Cortical Electrodes -- The response of retinal neurons to electrical stimulation: a summary of in-vitro and in-vivo animal studies -- Findings from acute retinal stimulation in blind patients -- The perceptual effects of chronic retinal stimulation -- Findings from chronic optic nerve and cortical stimulation -- Simulations of prosthetic vision -- Image Analysis, Information Theory and Prosthetic Vision -- Simulations of cortical prosthetic vision -- Phosphene mapping techniques for visual prostheses -- Prosthetic vision assessment -- Activities of Daily Living and Rehabilitation with Prosthetic Vision.